Scream 2008: Palin in 2012

 

And Other Halloween Horrors

 There was an article in the Washington Post’s The Fix the day after the Vice-Presidential debate that speculated on Palin’s running for President in 2012

Palin’s performance last night — particularly her willingness to stand by conservative principles on things such as gay marriage and do it with a smile (and even a wink) — further endeared her to not only conservative opinion makers but the rank and file GOPers who will play an out-sized role in picking the next nominee of the party in 2012 if McCain comes up short in 32 days time.

Palin running for the top spot in 2012?

I am truly speechless. Palin’s running now is a disgrace to American politics. I remember when I was a child, and adults would comment to children who did very well in school, and who were obviously smarter than their peers that, “One day, you could even run for president”. Considering Palin at the top of the Republican ticket seems to indicate a change in this standard. What will we hear from now on?

Teacher: Your daughter/son must apply her/himself diligently, just to keep up with the rest of the class. The best you can expect is a mediocre report card; perhaps a community college is to be considered. Oh, and who knows, “One day she can be Republican nominee for president. You know, there are hordes of conservative voters, of mediocre to low intelligence who would want to vote for someone just like them, not some elitist smart person”.

The Republican “intelligentsia” has already defected, citing Palin as a drag on the ticket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nobody Doesn’t Like Sarah P; Just Defrost Before Serving

I’m sorry, but McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate is a joke; a bad, groan-inducing one at that.
How, and more important, WHY would a state official have even a “rhetorical” question about banning books in a library…in America? The librarian’s later dismissal was, of course a coincidence.
As mayor of Wasilla, she was thepart-time executive of one the municipalities most resistant to ending the procedure in which a rape victim must pay for the collection of forensics used in investigating said rape. This in a state where the rate of violent crimes against women is 2.5 times the national average. “Drill, baby drill”, indeed!
Her stand on women’s rights, particularly the right to choose whether to  terminate a pregnancy, is abysmal. Apparently she is governor of AL only with the consent of her husband, the First Dude of backwater, USA. (I bet she used the “love, honor and OBEY” line in her wedding vows.
According to her, the war in Iraq is “A mission from God”. REALLY?!
The “Bridge to Nowhere” debacle, and the facility with which she lied about it does demonstrate that she is in the correct party. You know, the one that represents ignorance, greed and resistance to progress.
She is being shielded from the Press because she will most certainly demonstrate her ignorance of foreign relations, economic principles…hell, you name it. She is one ignorant conservative.